S.I. No. 203/2001 - Referendum (Ballot Paper) Order, 2001

1. This order may be cited as the Referendum (Ballot Paper) Order, 2001.

2.

“Pionós an Bháis a Thoirmeasc — Prohibition of Death Penalty”

shall be included at the beginning of the front of the front of the ballot paper to be used at the referendum on the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the

Minister for the Environment and

Local Government, this 15

th

day of

May, 2001.

NOEL DEMPSEY

___________________________

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

This order allows for the wording

“Pionós an Bháis a Thoirmeasc — Prohibition of Death Penalty”

to be included at the beginning of the ballot paper to be used at the referendum on the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, 2001.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 24

of the

Referendum Act, 1994

(No. 12 of 1994), hereby makes the following order, a draft of which has been approved by a resolution passed by each House of the Oireachtas.